So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Granted that I'm so often layered I'm wired
Overcome overdone, my fate is on fire
Eat the sludge and dance to screaming in my head
I'm so happy that we're friends
Me and you
So here I am
Simple and upside down
Corner stone left in the millions
Heavy in my pocket, you look good to me
And my pants are huge and chocolate covered
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Witchcraft haunt
And I'm slowly crumbling
And moving magic dreams
And mothers whisper nice
Hell is my shirt and I melted slow above heaven
Wet to the bone, will you dry me off before I freeze?
But here I am
Bum as a drunk and a lovers
I said that I have loved no others
She goes to the shows not to be afraid
But she knows that it will never be the same
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you . . .
Overcome overdone, my fate is on fire
Eat the sludge and dance to screaming in my head
I'm so happy that we're friends
Me and you
So here I am
Simple and upside down
Corner stone left in the millions
Heavy in my pocket, you look good to me
And my pants are huge and chocolate covered
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Witchcraft haunt
And I'm slowly crumbling
And moving magic dreams
And mothers whisper nice
Hell is my shirt and I melted slow above heaven
Wet to the bone, will you dry me off before I freeze?
But here I am
Bum as a drunk and a lovers
I said that I have loved no others
She goes to the shows not to be afraid
But she knows that it will never be the same
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Beating through the rainbows of right
Gold-covered prisms of light
Make us headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you
Maybe I'm sloppy and blue
But hey, I'm just like you
Except I've got nothing to prove
But we're headstrong tonight
Hey, I'm just like you . . .
Lyrics submitted by heavyinmyheart, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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that's probably why i like it.